Live updates - Woman dies after being hit by a train at Needham Market

A woman has died after being hit by a train at Needham Market in Suffolk.

Police alongside ambulance services arrived at Gipsy Lane in Needham Market at 10.50am to reports that someone had jumped in front of a train.

Greater Anglia annouced that due to a person being hit by a train between Ipswich and Stowmarket services between Ipswich and Cambridge, Ipswich and Peterborough and mainline services between Ipswich and Norwich have been disrupted with no trains running at all.

The line has since reopened, however disruption is expected to continue throughout the afternoon.

A spokesman for British Transport Police said: “Officers were called to Gypsy level crossing, Needham Market, at 10.48am today after a report that a person had been struck by a train.

“Colleagues from the ambulance service also attended, however, sadly a person was pronounced dead at the scene.

“Officers are now working to identify the person and inform their family. This incident is not being treated as suspicious and a file will be prepared for the coroner.”

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